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Trump as Netanyahu’s Spokesman: U.S. Policy in Gaza Mirrors Israeli Ambitions

Elijah J Magnier, Jul 3, 2025

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Israeli army organises hiking tours inside occupied Syrian territory

MEE staff, 4 April 2025

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US and Israel look to Africa for resettling Palestinians from Gaza

JOSEF FEDERMAN, MATTHEW LEE AND SAMY MAGDY, AP, March 14, 2025

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Israel’s secret plan to transfer Palestinians more than 50 years ago

Amer Sultan, Middle East Monitor, February 2, 2025

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Jared Kushner’s New Investments in Israeli Settlements

FREDDY BREWSTER & KATYA SCHWENK, THE LEVER, JAN 16, 2025

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A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine

TARIQ KENNEY-SHAWA, THE NATION, JANUARY 16, 2025. The Best Analysis of the Gaza Ceasefire.

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Inside Israel’s opportunistic invasion of Syria

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out an unprovoked invasion of Syria…

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ADC Statement on Syria and Continued Israeli Aggression

Israel’s recent escalation in Syria is emblematic of its broader strategy to reshape the Middle…

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US repeats Israel’s ‘right to defend itself’ after invasion of Syria

State Department says Israel has right to ‘take actions against terrorist organisations’ By MEE staff, 9…

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My Israeli Neighbors Are Rejoicing: Trump Will Make Israel Great(er)

DIARY FROM A PALESTINIAN IN ISRAEL Diana Buttu on how Trump’s ‘Israel first’ Cabinet picks…

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How Joe Biden lost his grip on Israel’s war for ‘total victory’ in Gaza

A conflict the White House once hoped to moderate has gone from “over the top”…

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Israel Begins Ground Invasion of Lebanon

Take Action: Tell White House, Elected Officials that the U.S. has allowed Israel to destroy…

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No, Israel does not have a right to defend itself in Gaza. But the Palestinians do.

CRAIG MOKHIBER, MONDOWEISS, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

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Israeli air strikes kill 492 people in Lebanon

David Gritten, BBC News, September 23, 2024 At least 492 people have been killed in…

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‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 272

Israelis urge Netanyahu to accept U.S. ceasefire deal as Hamas gives its response Hezbollah has…

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Israel Is Officially Annexing the West Bank

A quiet bureaucratic maneuver by Netanyahu’s government has begun transferring control over the occupied territory…

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The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel

After 50 years of failure to stop violence and terrorism against Palestinians by Jewish ultranationalists,…

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Mazin Qumsiyeh: FAQs on Gaza

Mazin Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian scientist, author, and founder and director of the Palestine Museum of…

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Thousands of Palestinian Workers Have Gone Missing in Israel

‘We Don’t Know if They Are Dead or Alive’ TAJ ALI, Tribune, Oct 23, 2023…

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President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society

(Final version, emphasis added) Dear colleagues and comrades, Thank you so much for signing on…

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